Has anyone ever been hospitalized because of their OCD?

I have felt close to having to admit myself before but I managed to pull myself through that day.

I haven’t, but that has become one of my obsessions. It scares me that I may have to one day.

I have been hospitalized twice in 2007 at Austin state hospital in Texas. They didn't treat the OCD it was a living hell. I was in panic mode. If you feel the need for hospitalization you need to find a place that's OCD smart to get treatment you need. Use your support team and family to make the right choice travel may be involved you will have to think under intense pressure when OCD in intense. You don't want to go to a place where you get ware housed best wishes for anybody in this situation

Yes, I have been. My anxiety got to the point where I could no longer function.

I was admitted due to my thoughts, I wanted to commit suicide

@mark, you perfectly sum up my own experience. Unfortunately when I was hospitalized no one recognized it was OCD. That really made things worse for me in the long run. Additionally, mental health and addiction are all part of my obsessions, so when I was in a community mental health facility it was incredibly triggering and I was getting worse rather than better, resulting in a very long inpatient stay. There are hospitals that treat just OCD. I know of two in New England and LA also has one.

@anxiousashley, I have no idea where you live but you could do some research to see if there are other programs, which I’m sure there are. From what I have learned about the hospital in Boston, it is covered by insurance and they look into all of that stuff for you before admitting you.

Yes it was pretty bad

I have, just wondering how many ppl had to go the that as well

Thank you all for sharing. I’m currently terrified of having to go back to the hospital. And yes it’s so true all the hospitals I’ve been in don’t treat OCD. It’s just generic group therapy. I’ve never been to a hospital that treats OCD

I wish I had the money and lived close to one so I could go

Same here